Reward-to-volatility ratio

Ratio of excess return to portfolio standard deviation.

Reward-to-Volatility Ratio

The excess return on an investment divided by the standard deviation from its average price. This can be used to determine the risk of an investment.

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The study compared GDP growth volatility against economic concentration and GDP reward-to-volatility ratio (i.e.

Economic Diversification: The Road to Sustainable Development

In a separate study of 11 companies on the SES that have separate listings, Tse and Oh (1993) found that eight out of the 11 companies have foreign shares whose reward-to-variability ratio and reward-to-volatility ratio are superior to those of the local shares.

Control versus firm value: the impact of restrictions on foreign share ownership

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